Medalist Diversified REIT (NASDAQ:MDRR) & FrontView REIT (NYSE:FVR) Head to Head Survey

FrontView REIT (NYSE:FVR) and Medalist Diversified REIT (NASDAQ:MDRR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Dividends

FrontView REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Medalist Diversified REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. FrontView REIT pays out -104.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Medalist Diversified REIT pays out -14.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Medalist Diversified REIT has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. FrontView REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

17.4% of Medalist Diversified REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of FrontView REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.8% of Medalist Diversified REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares FrontView REIT and Medalist Diversified REIT’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FrontView REIT	-32.21%	-4.25%	-2.57%
Medalist Diversified REIT	-21.19%	-7.87%	-2.37%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for FrontView REIT and Medalist Diversified REIT, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FrontView REIT	2	2	2	1	2.29
Medalist Diversified REIT	1	0	0	0	1.00

FrontView REIT presently has a consensus target price of $15.80, suggesting a potential downside of 2.35%. Given FrontView REIT’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe FrontView REIT is more favorable than Medalist Diversified REIT.

Volatility and Risk

FrontView REIT has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Medalist Diversified REIT has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares FrontView REIT and Medalist Diversified REIT”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FrontView REIT	$66.68 million	5.25	-$22.21 million	($0.82)	-19.73
Medalist Diversified REIT	$9.73 million	1.37	$30,000.00	($1.81)	-6.63

Medalist Diversified REIT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than FrontView REIT. FrontView REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Medalist Diversified REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

FrontView REIT beats Medalist Diversified REIT on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

About FrontView REIT

FrontView REIT specializes in real estate investing.

About Medalist Diversified REIT

Medalist Diversified REIT Inc. is a Virginia-based real estate investment trust that specializes in acquiring, owning and managing commercial real estate in the Southeast region of the U.S. The Company's strategy is to focus on commercial real estate which is expected to provide an attractive balance of risk and returns. Medalist utilizes a rigorous, consistent and replicable process for sourcing and conducting due diligence of acquisitions.